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The Lower East Side Tenement Museum showcases the immigrant experience. Roughly 7000 people from 20 countries lived at 97 Orchard Street between 1863 and 1935. Visit the restored homes of immigrant families. Listen to engaging family stories of hard work and perilous ship journeys. See Manhattan's Lower East Side through the eyes of its newly arrived. View primitive bathrooms. Climb windowless staircases. Imagine life in a three-room flat without indoor toilets, running water, or gas for heat and light. Learn about poverty and overcrowding. Find out how changes to the housing code improved the life of the poor. Discover how the word tenement came to mean a run-down and overcrowded apartment house.

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Getting There

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is located at 108 Orchard Street, between Delancey and Broome, in Manhattan's Lower East Side. All tours begin and end at the Museum Shop. The museum is easily reached by public transport. The Delancey Street and Essex Street subways are less than a four-block walk. The Grand Street stop is six blocks away. M15 city buses and sightseeing buses stop at Grand and Allen Streets, a two-minute walk from the Tenement Museum. There are three pay parking lots nearby.

Hours & Times

The museum can only be visited on a guided tour. Tours are offered 7 days a week. Times vary. Closed January 1, Thanksgiving and December 25.

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Admission & Fees

Admission charged. Tickets for tours can be purchased online, by phone and in person at the museum shop. Advance purchase is recommended. A reduced rate is available for students.

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Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Things to Keep in Mind

The Confino Living History Program, 60 minutes, is appropriate for children aged 5 and up. Two tours have a 12+ age rating, The Moores: An Irish Family in America (1 hour) and Getting By: Past & Present (2 hours). All other tours have a recommended age of 8 and older and are between 60 and 90 minutes. The walking tours - Immigrant Soles: A Neighborhood Walking Tour and Next Steps: A Neighborhood Walking Tour - are conducted wholly outside. Tour length and age guidelines are part of each tour description.

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